Faculty
The Florida Education Fund recently announced Dr. Eric Stewart, Ronald L. Simons Professor of Criminology as the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Mentor Award for his exceptional contribution to the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program... 
Florida transfers juvenile offenders to adult court at a higher rate than any other state in the nation. A new study conducted by Peter Lehmann, a doctoral candidate at the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice...
College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Dean, Thomas Blomberg, is featured in the University’s June edition of Profiles in Leadership. 
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty member Dr. Bill Doerner has written a new textbook recently released by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. Dr. Doerner wrote the 8th edition of Victimology along with FSU graduate Dr. Steve Lab.
It is with great sadness that the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice reports the passing of alumnus Dr. Ray Paternoster. Ray received his PhD in Criminology from Florida State University in 1978. 
Join Dean Blomberg and the Center for Leadership and Social Change as they begin the Policing in the U.S. Series, Thursday, Feb. 16 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the FSU Globe Auditorium.
Over 60 students and faculty members from the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice attended November’s American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
FSU College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Professor Dan Mears was featured as a guest columnist in the Sept. 10 issue of the Orlando Sentinel.
In the article, Dr. Mears addresses the Department of Justice’s unprecedented step of seeking to terminate all federal private-prison contracts. He discusses if the decision is sound, if states should follow suit, and ultimately, the need for credible research. 
On Aug. 5, members of the College’s Elder Financial Exploitation Research Team met with the St. Joe Company, a Florida-based real estate developer and manager, to share their findings and make recommendations for a new retirement community currently being developed by St. Joe.
On Wed. April 27, numerous graduate students and faculty members gathered for an informal reception to say goodbye to and celebrate a fixture of the College, as well as the field of criminology.
After over 37 years with FSU’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Professor Gary Kleck will be retiring at the end of the Spring 2016 Semester.